Press release: Communities to rally against fracking injunction

Campaigners will gather from 9.30am on 31 May with the hearing starting at 10.30am. Photo call 10am Communities opposed to fracking from across the North will be gathering outside the Civil Justice Centre in Manchester on Thursday (31 May 9.30am) ahead of a hearing into an application from Cuadrilla to extend an injunction related to …

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Greater Manchester campaigners say ‘Buzz off Cuadrilla!’

A packed coach of anti-fracking campaigners from Greater Manchester travelled to the Preston New Road fracking site in Lancashire today (11 May), to show solidarity with the community opposing fracking, who have kept a roadside vigil at the site since work started in January 2017.

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Greater Manchester Solidarity Trip to Preston New Road

Laura reports back from the recent Greater Manchester Day at Preston New Road…

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Greater Manchester Green Summit – Fracking Fringe Meeting

On 21st March 2018, Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham held his first Green Summit, where he announced his intention to make Manchester one of the greenest cities on the planet. Many fine words were said, but it’s far too early to judge what actions they will result in. However, in the evening Frack Free Greater …

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Press Release: Fracking Fringe Event to be held at Greater Manchester Mayor’s Green Summit

On 21st March the Greater Manchester Mayor, Andy Burnham, will host a summit with a view to making Manchester one of the greenest cities in Europe. (1) However, four years ago Greater Manchester looked set for a different accolade as fracking company IGas explored for shale gas at Barton Moss, Salford. Frack Free Greater Manchester …

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Greg Clark & Black Friday

A couple of things came up during our recent social: an urgent online action, and details of the next big solidarity day at Preston New Road.

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Greenpeace activists found not guilty in lock-on trial

In a decision which will be greeted with dismay by the fracking industry, a District Judge has found ten Greenpeace volunteers ‘not guilty’ of Obstructing the Public Highway, despite them all admitting they were trying to block the entrance to the Cuadrilla Resources Preston New Road fracking operation, just outside Blackpool. At the trial at …

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Report back from United Against Fracking II

Judy from Frack Free Greater Manchester gives us a quick update from the United Against Fracking II conference in Leeds on 29th October:

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Report back from PNR on Friday 13 October

Harry from Frack Free Greater Manchester shares the experience of his first trip to Preston New Road…

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Sending a message to Greg Clark at Tory Party Conference

The Conservatives came to Manchester in the first week of October for their annual conference – and we made sure they got the message that we don’t want fracking in Lancashire, Yorkshire, or anywhere in the UK.

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